Shirika plan: Kenya’s refugee integration programme in limbo as aid agencies cut back funding

Shirika plan: Kenya’s refugee integration programme in limbo as aid agencies cut back funding

Kakuma is semi-desert – harsh, blinding, unforgiving. Life for a refugee business person here is stitched together from fragments: a little aid relief, a modest turnover and, if you’re lucky, an occasional offer of credit from an NGO lending service.

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UN refugee food rations cut is a serious environmental and terrorism threat in north-eastern Kenya, warns MP

UN refugee food rations cut is a serious environmental and terrorism threat in north-eastern Kenya, warns MP

Speaking during the unveiling of the Fafi Madrassa Waqf’s purchased land in Garissa Town, the MP urged both the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the WFP to revoke the rationing guidelines and instead call for a stakeholder meeting with the government and the local leaders, so as to find a favourable solution.

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